Profiling the U.S. Sick Leave Landscape: Presenteeism among Females

Health Services Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2305-2317

  Susser, Philip ^a   Ziebarth, Nicolas R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

low income worker; medical leave; Paid sick leave; presenteeism; sick pay; U.S. sick leave landscape

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANDSCAPE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL LEAVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESENTEEISM; STUDY DESIGN; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRESENTEEISM; SICK LEAVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84960145637     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12471     Document Type: Article

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